Madagascar Tensions High Amid 'Coup'

Madagascar residents fear violence but the city center remains calm, one day after a group of dissident soldiers declared the government dissolved. Video courtesy of Reuters.

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... ministries and Madagascar is capital continued to function after group of dissident soldiers to clear the nation's government does all ... the city centre shows no signs of a coup ... a day after a referendum that would allow incumbent president Andre Rajah Linett remain in power ... the rebel soldiers are holed up in army barracks on the outskirts of town ... about a thousand protesters supporting the rebels blocked a main road near the Barrick's Wednesday ... but security forces quickly dispersed them with tear gas ... pledging to crush any mutiny ... downtown resins turn to newspapers to grasp the situation ... the only sign that something is amiss ... one local is concerned about the ramifications of military infighting ... the anomaly in my opinion the situation in Madagascar are not close to being sorted out ... because even the armed forces were considered the last Grand part of democracy ... or divided internally ... so this could and did an internal war ... on Monday ... it is not yet clear whether the army chiefs backing the government will try to negotiate an exit for the dissidents or use forced him to the rebellion in the bud ... the unaddressed came as Madagascar boated peacefully on a new constitution that goes some way to validate President Roger Leno's office ... he swept into power nearly two years ago after driving unpopular former president Mark ruffle them on and I into exile ... analysts expect the referendum to pass but low voter turnout will do little to help Russia leaders attempt to legitimize his power grab ... Travis